Justice League: Generation Lost

ARTISTS

Writers: Keith Giffen, Judd Winick
Penciller: Aaron Lopresti
Inker: Matt Ryan
Colorist: Hi-Fi Designs
Letterer: Steve Wands
Editors: Rex Ogle, Michael Siglain
Cover Artists: Hi-Fi Designs, Kevin Maguire

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CHARACTERS & SETTINGS

heroes: Blue Beetle III, Booster Gold, Captain Atom, Fire, Ice, Rocket Red #07
villaines: Maxwell Lord, Rocket Red #00, Rocket Red Brigade
supporting: Skeets II

Settings: 21st-century Moscow, Russia; 21st-century New York, NY, USA

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ISSUE SUMMARY

Cover Description: There are two covers to this issue: the standard cover by Tony Harris and JD Mettler depicts Maxwell Lord standing before a globe. The 1:25 variant cover by Kevin Macguire depicts Booster Gold in an action pose amidst laser blasts.

Brief Synopsis: The reborn Justice League International debates their future as a team.

Costume Worn: MARK I.v2 power-suit

Issue Notes: Previous Assistant Editor Rex Ogle receives full Editor credit for this issue.

This story has been reprinted in the following issue:
Justice League: Generation Lost Volume 1 (2011)

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ISSUE ANNOTATIONS

Page 3, panel 2
Booster Gold and companions pick up immediately where they left off in the previous issue: talking to Maxwell Lord via the armor of the fallen Rocket Red #00 somewhere outside of Moscow, Russia. Pictured are Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, Fire, Ice, and the rogue Rocket Red Ivanovich. Skeets is also present though not pictured.

Page 4, panel 3
Maxwell Lord's reference to Lanterns, "green or otherwise," is a reference to the events of Blackest Night, the story which saw Lord return from the dead through the interference of the Black and White Lanterns. Of course, Green Lantern Guy Gardner was a core member of the Justice League International throughout almost all of its incarnations.

Page 8, panel 5
In the previous issue, the mask of Rocket Red #00, Vadim Benet, was clearly seen to be broken completely open Rocket Red #07. Now it is cracked enough only to reveal Benet's left eye. Those Rocket Red power suits must have a very impressive self-healing capability.

Page 11, panel 3
SPOILER WARNING!: While it is very likely that Booster Gold's force field would have contained the explosion, Captain Atom's ability to absorb various forms of energy allows him to ensure that Benet does not die alone. Hopefully that provides some small comfort for the doomed soldier who was yet another sacrificed pawn in the games of Maxwell Lord. Reveal

Page 12, panel 1
Rocket Red's Russian translates to "goodbye, comrade."

Page 13, panel 1
The reassembled Justice League International returns to the decommissioned New York Embassy. This may be an unwise choice of location given that it was the headquarters of Lord's villainous operations in Justice League: Generation Lost #1. It also raises the question of who has the rights to the building. It was built by the United Nations for use of the Justice League before the U.N. revoked their support. Has the building been shuttered but maintained for all of the years since? Surely the outcast JLI has no permission to use the building.

For more annotations from this issue which occur at different points in Booster Gold's chronology, click here for 2462 or click here for 1987

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ISSUE REVIEW

Boosterrific Review: I must offer full credit to the entire team producing this series: great work. I had my doubts, but you have all proven them unfounded as you continue to produce a highly enjoyable comic book. This issue is slower paced and largely character driven than some previous issues, two elements difficult to achieve successfully in an action-oriented series. My only complaints remain an uneven artistic rendering between issues, an understandable but disappointing situation no doubt arising from such a fast-paced publishing schedule.

Boosterrific Rating:

• Currently 4.0/5 Stars.

Average Fan Rating:

• Currently 4.6/5 Stars.

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